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ArticleNature communications2022

Ferritin-mediated iron detoxification promotes hypothermia survival in Caenorhabditis elegans and murine neurons.

Tina Pekec, Jarosław Lewandowski, Alicja A Komur, Daria Sobańska, Yanwu Guo, Karolina Świtońska-Kurkowska, Jędrzej M Małecki, Abhishek Anil Dubey, Wojciech Pokrzywa, Marcin Frankowski and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Tina Pekec *Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Maulbeerstrasse 66, 4058, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4222-3312
Jarosław Lewandowski *Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704, Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-8159-8053
Alicja A Komur *Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704, Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2564-688X
Daria SobańskaInstitute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704, Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1773-6690
Yanwu GuoUniversity of Oslo, Department of Biosciences, Blindernveien 31, Oslo, Norway.
Karolina Świtońska-KurkowskaInstitute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704, Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-6275-7904
Jędrzej M MałeckiUniversity of Oslo, Department of Biosciences, Blindernveien 31, Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-0825-7962
Abhishek Anil DubeyLaboratory of Protein Metabolism, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw, Ks. Trojdena 4, 02-109, Warsaw, Poland.
Wojciech PokrzywaLaboratory of Protein Metabolism, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw, Ks. Trojdena 4, 02-109, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-5110-4462
Marcin FrankowskiAdam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Faculty of Chemistry, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 8, 61-614, Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-6315-3758
Maciej FigielInstitute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704, Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-3961-4635
Rafal CioskInstitute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Noskowskiego 12/14, 61-704, Poznań, Poland. rafal.ciosk@ibv.uio.no.ORCID 0000-0003-2234-6216
Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences · PLUniversity of Oslo · NOInternational Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology · PLAdam Mickiewicz University in Poznań · PLUniversity of Basel · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

How animals rewire cellular programs to survive cold is a fascinating problem with potential biomedical implications, ranging from emergency medicine to space travel. Studying a hibernation-like response in the free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, we uncovered a regulatory axis that enhances the natural resistance of nematodes to severe cold. This axis involves conserved transcription factors, DAF-16/FoxO and PQM-1, which jointly promote cold survival by upregulating FTN-1, a protein related to mammalian ferritin heavy chain (FTH1). Moreover, we show that inducing expression of FTH1 also promotes cold survival of mammalian neurons, a cell type particularly sensitive to deterioration in hypothermia. Our findings in both animals and cells suggest that FTN-1/FTH1 facilitates cold survival by detoxifying ROS-generating iron species. We finally show that mimicking the effects of FTN-1/FTH1 with drugs protects neurons from cold-induced degeneration, opening a potential avenue to improved treatments of hypothermia.

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Caenorhabditis elegans ProteinsHypothermiaAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansFerritinsForkhead Transcription FactorsIronMammalsMiceNeuronsCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsFerritinsForkhead Transcription FactorsIron

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